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November 07 2005 Issue

Keyword .  .  .  p. 10

SED Panel

What’s New .  .  .  p. 28

• Opening “Video iPod” Reveals the Strategy of Apple
• P.A. Semi Develops CPU Core Using 7W at Most When Running at 2GHz
• Sanyo Develops Nickel Hydrogen Rechargeable Battery with Low Self-Discharge Properties
• Matsushita Sees the Future of Consumer SoCs in the 65nm Generation
• Seiko Epson Forms Passive Components and Re-Wiring Layer on a Chip Surface
• The Latest Technologies Shown at “FPD International 2005”
  
  

Leading Trends

Electronic Technologies in Automobiles Shown at “Tokyo Motor Show 2005” .  .  .  p. 51
Fuel cell and hybrid vehicles, X-by-Wire technology, sensor-operated driver detection systems, headlights using white light-emitting diodes (LEDs)—The 39th Tokyo Motor Show 2005, held from October 22 to November 6, 2005, demonstrated the already diverse integration of electronics technology into cars.

The New Technologies Shown by Canon .  .  .  p. 59
Canon Inc. has held the first exhibition of technologies by group companies in five years, with fuel cells, displays and cameras taking center stage.  
We report on Canon’s research and development style, which involves latching on to a non-mainstream technology and turning it into a technology that is unique to the company, and then extending application to a number of areas.

Cover Story

The All-Channel Recording Device .  .  .  p. 93
All-channel video recorders that devote themselves to continuous recording of all broadcasts—it’s like riding a time machine, being able to go back in time to select a program to watch from an old TV listing.  You could say they are the culmination of the technological development that has gone into HDD recorders.  
Most manufacturers will likely be launching products in around 2010 that include a function for converting video stream frame rates.


(Part 1)
Audio Visual Technology Showcase
Recorders You Don’t Even Have to Program
Next Will be All-Channel Recording of Digital Terrestrial Broadcasts .  .  .  p. 94


(Part 2)
Realizing 8-Channel Recording
Towards Smaller and Cheaper Recorders
A Constant Stream of Budding New Technologies.  .  .  p. 100

Interview

Toshiba’s President and CEO, Atsutoshi Nishida: “The Strategy of Outgoing the ‘Commodity’” .  .  .  p. 111

Tech Tale

STAR WARS the Digital Cinema Revolution (Part 7): The Street Begins to Melt .  .  .  p. 114

Guest Paper

Realizing GSM and W-CDMA Antenna Switches on a 1 Chip CMOS IC .  .  .  p. 119
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. of the U.S. has developed technology that uses a CMOS IC to create an antenna switch for multiband mobile phones.  Earlier switches combined multiple PIN diodes or GaAs compound semiconductors, whereas the new technology requires only one chip.  Envisaging use in handsets that support both quad-band GSM and W-CDMA, the new antenna switches provide for seven RF paths.  
They have also cleared the 3GPP intermodulation distortion specifications applying to W-CDMA mobile phones.  Since the switches use CMOS technology, they may hold the key to integration into RF transceiver ICs and monolithic integration with front-end modules.  
The new technology will realize miniaturization and cost reduction of RF circuits for mobile phones, which are increasingly becoming multiband, and is therefore garnering considerable attention within the industry.

NETs Buyers’ Guide

Multiple Function Switches for Mobile Phones .  .  .  p. 128

Multifunctional switches are used to select functions that appear on the displays of mobile devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras and portable music players, and then to manipulate, for example, images or music.  That would relate to a cursor key or mouse for a PC.  
In this article, we look at multifunctional switches that can be moved in four or more horizontal directions.  They include switches that enable input operations through the sliding of fingertips, as with touch pads, but we have left out items with large dimensions that are not meant for mobile devices, like remote controls for car navigation systems and audio-visual equipment.  Multifunctional switch manufacturers supply both general-purpose and custom products, but here we will be concentrating on general-purpose products.  
However, we have included custom products for touch pad shaped switches, for which there are no general-purpose models.

NETs Seminar

The WiMAX Wait is Over .  .  .  p. 135
Recently we are hearing a lot about WiMAX, the new wireless communication standard.  WiMAX is garnering considerable attention as a potentially enormous influence on the establishment and popularization of wireless broadband networks.  A large number of new modules directed at the WiMAX market are emerging.

Achieving High Efficiency and High Output for White LEDs (2nd Half) .  .  .  p. 144
White LEDs with high output are required if they are to be used in illumination devices and automobile lighting.  Several problems occur, however, in achieving higher output of LEDs.  For example, continuously feeding larger amounts of electricity to the LED leads to deterioration of the materials encasing the LED, due to high temperatures, shortening the life of the LED.  
This installment focuses on heat countermeasures that could be used in a high-output product.

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Keyword:	10
News Ranking	12
What's New:	28
Selected Shorts:	41
Leading Trends:	51
Cover Story:	93
Interview:	111
Tech Tale:	114
Guest Paper:	119
NETs:	128
Calendar:	204
From the Readers:	208
From the Editors:	209